department of real estate: CA DRE Hopes To Put The Bite on Exploding Short Sale Frad - 06/17/10 12:49 PM
Thank heaven somebody is finally stepping up. We have been deluged with short sale scams in our market since short sales replaced REO's as our primary housing alternative almost a year ago. Many Realtors are also hiring these so-called expert negotiators because they are either too lazy or too incompetent to do it themselves. These can be time consuming transactions but if you promise your customer you are going to do it - then do it. Now your license can be on the line if you hire an unlicensed person to do the job you are being paid to do.
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department of real estate: CA DRE & AG Issue Loan Mod Fraud Warning (Again) - 02/22/10 09:49 AM
Time and again people don't listen to that little inner voice that tells us - if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. We know that has always been the case and continues to be the case but sometimes... sometimes we think - well, reality may have suspended itself just this one time, just on this occasion, just for me.
NOT!
We continue to warn people about loan mod fraud - yet people continue to be victimized. I know people are desperate but sometimes you also have to be just a little bit naive and/or stupid … (24 comments)

department of real estate: California Association of Realtors® Sponsors Eight Bills for 2010 Session - 02/08/10 04:49 AM

After a successful year spent playing defense against a variety of point-of-sale bills and several tax measures aimed at Realtors®, the California Association of Realtors® is going back on the offense this year with eight new bills we are sponsoring. A sponsored bill is one that we author and then find a legislative sponsor - either Senator or Assembly member - to carry the bill for us. The selection of an author is a critical process as some bills have greater appeal to Democrats, others have more appeal to Republicans, some appeal to both in equal measure and some have … (3 comments)

department of real estate: California AG Jerry Brown joins Dept of Real Estate & State Bar to Combat Loan Mod Fraud. - 08/11/09 07:57 AM
A few months back our Attorney General Jerry Brown announced a plan to combat the rampant loan mod fraud we're experiencing in the Golden State. He has been pursuing this with a vengeance and tomorrow will announce the results of a more extensive crackdown. I'm really gonna miss this guy and his efforts as AG if he gets re-elected as our Governor next year.


Brown to Join Forces with Department of Real Estate and State Bar in New Round of Legal Action Against Loan Fixers Los Angeles - At a news conference Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., Attorney General … (1 comments)